"Where there is evidence for acts of violence and repression, the UK with work with EU partners to impose sanctions on them."

The human rights group have argued that the Syrian state's use of torture constitutes "a crime against humanity". As a result, they have asked the UN security council to take the issue to the international criminal court and to impose sanctions against named officials in the report.

The report, Torture Archipelago, includes descriptions of torture techniques told by victims, video accounts and maps of detention centres all over the country.